At New Delhi last week, Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester took office as India's 19th Viceroy. The ceremony was as simple as Lord Wavell's brisk arrival by plane, as austere as the task he now faces.
Not till the viceregal flag broke out over the palace dome was the public aware that Field Marshal Lord Wavell had mounted the golden throne. Within jasper-columned Durbar Hall, he had taken the three great oaths: 1) the oath of allegiance to King-Emperor George VI; 2) the oath as Governor-General of British India; 3) the oath of Viceroy representing the Crown to the...
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